IMPACT OF MATERNAL PROFILE ON BIRTH OUTCOMES

Authors

  • Gracimary Alves Teixeira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-3796
  • Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho Escola de Saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Brismark Góes da Rocha Doutor. Professor da Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte.
  • Silvana Alves Pereira Fisioterapeuta. Pós-doutora. Professora da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairí/ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.
  • Bertha Cruz Enders Enfermeira. Pós-doutora. Bolsista produtividade e professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i1.51409

Keywords:

Preterm, Prenatal care, Childbirth, Risk Factors, Maternal-Child Nursing.

Abstract

Objective: to identify the impact of maternal profile on birth outcomes. Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study with a sample of 244 postpartum women, as follows: 109 mothers of preterm infants and 135 mothers of full-term infants. The births occurred in the April-September 2015 period in a public maternity hospital in the Northeastern region of Brazil. Data was analyzed with Statistica 10 software and Chi-square test. Results: high prevalence of sedentary lifestyle; statistical significance for overweight and obesity before and during pregnancy; high prevalence of high blood pressure during the gestational period of mothers of preterm infants. Also, 58.1% (n = 63) of preterm infants were born with health problems and 96.3% (n = 130) of full-term infants were healthy. Conclusion: Maternal obesity and overweight is a risk factor for preterm births, an event that demands child healthcare.

Author Biographies

Gracimary Alves Teixeira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Enfermeira. Doutoranda. Professora Substituta da Escola de Saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho, Escola de Saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Enfermeira. Doutora. Professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem e da Escola de Saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

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Published

2018-01-15

How to Cite

Teixeira, G. A., de Carvalho, J. B. L., da Rocha, B. G., Pereira, S. A., & Enders, B. C. (2018). IMPACT OF MATERNAL PROFILE ON BIRTH OUTCOMES. Cogitare Enfermagem, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i1.51409

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2018)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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